Rambling

I love to travel.

I've been quite fortunate to do a fair bit of travel, both in my country and abroad.

In fact, when I have not had a trip of sorts...I tend to feel an odd sort of withdrawal, a need to get a move on.

My rambles don't have to be grand trips abroad or even of great length, but I do need a bit of a wander from time to time.  Right now, I'm feeling the tug at my heartstrings, "it is time for a ramble."

Oh, there are places Left Brain and I would love to see.  I'd love to show him some of the places I've been to that he has not, and I know his heart is so full of hope to someday show me Spain.  If I am being honest, Spain had never been on my top ten "must see" places, but to see it through his eyes, through his love of the place has major appeal to me.  I'd stand with a smile on my face as he blathered away in his lisping Castilian Spanish to some Spaniard who will marvel at his accent and skill with the language, as he tells them "her, oh no, she does not speak Spanish," and smile.  

But right now, with a big kitchen re-do in the works and our just getting on our feet after Left Brain's long employment dry spell , we don't have the money for a grand adventure.  Add in that Left Brain's new job, along with the Orwellian boss and rules that go with the new job, leaves him with no time off to go on an extended ramble. 

So...my head begins to percolate with ideas of short trips we can go on.  

Right now, Left Brain's baby brother is looking into adopting a little lovely down in Texas.  He and his beautiful wife have hearts as big as the state they live in and this little one has special needs.  I would LOVE to get down to be there for her adoption.  To introduce ourselves, steal some love and see the sights that Texas has to offer.  Neither of us have ever been to Texas and every great once and again an airfare comes across the screen that will make it feasible for a visit.  That's down the pike though, and not for right now.

With Memorial Day coming along, we had plans to go to Kentucky to visit my family.  My cousin Cheryl is as close to me as anyone else in my world.  I also love, dearly, my cousin Brenda.  Seeing them fills me with that something only those that love you unconditionally can give.  Left Brain loves to go south as well, but that is family visiting, and while that lifts my spirits and blankets me in love, it doesn't give me what a good ramble does.

So the question of, "where shall we go?" remains.  

I've been thinking that a nice long visit to our state's upper peninsula may be the ticket.  Left Brain  hasn't seen a great deal of it, and this may be just the time to go on up and see where his uncle is buried, allow me to show him the mountains of Michigan and to hear a bit more of the Yooper accent, we both love that.  

The beauty of God's paintbrush always fills both Left Brain and me to the brim with joy.  Short rambles like this, with little planning and little cost, are often those that leave a whole chapter in your life book filled with the sweetest memories.  When I think back at my childhood, I don't remember so much the big trips to Disney as I do those campouts in remote campgrounds and long bike rides through the forests of Michigan.

Actually, it matters not where we go, any trip with the darling of my heart will always fill me with energy, delight and memories.   I feel a ramble coming on.